1949 Stanley Cup Finals

1949 Stanley Cup Finals
1 2 3 4 Total Toronto Maple Leafs 3* 3 3 3 4 Detroit Red Wings 2* 1 1 1 0
* – Denotes overtime period(s)
Location(s)	Detroit: Olympia Stadium (1, 2) Toronto: Maple Leaf Gardens (3, 4)
Coaches	Toronto: Hap Day Detroit: Tommy Ivan
Captains	Toronto: Ted Kennedy Detroit: Sid Abel
Dates	April 8–16, 1949
Series-winning goal	Cal Gardner (19:45, second)
Hall of Famers	Maple Leafs: Max Bentley (1966) Turk Broda (1967) Ted Kennedy (1966) Harry Watson (1994) Red Wings: Sid Abel (1969) Gordie Howe (1972) Red Kelly (1969) Ted Lindsay (1966) Harry Lumley (1980) Bud Poile (1990, builder) Bill Quackenbush (1976) Jack Stewart (1964) Coaches: Hap Day (1961, player) Tommy Ivan (1974)
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The 1949 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-seven series between the Detroit Red Wings and the defending champion Toronto Maple Leafs, the second straight Finals series between Detroit and Toronto. The Maple Leafs swept the Red Wings again to win their third consecutive Stanley Cup and eighth in the history of the franchise, becoming the first team in NHL history to three-peat as Stanley Cup champions. The Maple Leafs also became the first team to win the Stanley Cup in back-to-back sweeps. ^[1]

Paths to the Finals

Detroit defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4–2 to advance to the Finals. Toronto defeated the Boston Bruins 4–1 to advance to the Finals.

Game summaries

The Maple Leafs became the first NHL team to win the Stanley Cup in three straight seasons. The Leafs also won nine straight Finals games (beating Montreal in game six of the 1947 Finals, plus consecutive sweeps of the Wings in 1948 and this year).

April 8	Toronto Maple Leafs		3–2	OT	Detroit Red Wings	Olympia Stadium	Recap
Max Bentley (3) - 13:15		First period			4:15 - pp - George Gee (1)
Jimmy Thomson (1) - pp - 16:02		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			13:56 - Bill Quackenbush (1)
Joe Klukay (2) - 17:13		First overtime period			No scoring
Turk Broda		Goalie stats			Harry Lumley

April 10	Toronto Maple Leafs		3–1		Detroit Red Wings	Olympia Stadium	Recap
Sid Smith (3) - pp - 8:50 Sid Smith (4) - pp - 9:56		First period			No scoring
Sid Smith (5) - pp - 17:58		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			5:50 - Pete Horeck (1)
Turk Broda		Goalie stats			Harry Lumley

April 13	Detroit Red Wings		1–3		Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Jack Stewart (1) - 4:57		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Bill Ezinicki (1) - 11:02 Ted Kennedy (2) - 12:40 Gus Mortson (2) - 16:18
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Harry Lumley		Goalie stats			Turk Broda

April 16	Detroit Red Wings		1–3		Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Ted Lindsay (2) - 2:59		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			10:10 - pp - Ray Timgren (3) 19:45 - Cal Gardner (2)
No scoring		Third period			15:10 - Max Bentley (4)
Harry Lumley		Goalie stats			Turk Broda

Toronto won series 4–0

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1949 Stanley Cup was presented to Maple Leafs captain Ted Kennedy by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Maple Leafs 3–1 win over the Red Wings in game four.

The following Maple Leafs players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1948–49 Toronto Maple Leafs

Players

   Centres

• 7 Max Bentley (A)
• 9 Ted Teeder Kennedy (Captain)
• 16 Fleming Mackell
• 17 Cal Gardner
• 21 Harry Taylor
• 21-23 Bob Dawes

   Wingers

• 4 Harry Watson (A)
• 8 Joe Klukay
• 11 Howie Meeker
• 12 Bill Ezinicki†
• 14 Vic Lynn
• 15 Don Metz
• 22 Ray Timgren
• 23-24 Sid Smith

   Defencemen

• 2 Jimmy Thomson
• 3 Gus Mortson
• 5 Garth Boesch
• 18 Bill Juzda
• 19 Bill Barilko

   Goaltenders

• 1 Walter Turk Broda

Coaching and administrative staff

• Conn Smythe (President/Manager/Owner),George McGillach (Vice President)
• John Murdoch (Vice President), Jack Bickell (Director/Owner)
• Ed Bickle (Director/Owner), George Walker (Chief Scout)
• William MacBrien (Chairman/Owner), Tim Daly (Trainer)
• Clarence Hap Day (Coach)
• Kerry Day (Mascot)
• Archie Campbell† (Ass't Trainer), Ed Fitkin† (Publicity Director),
• Norman Delarue†, Robert Galloway†, Horance MacIntyre† (Team Doctors)

Stanley Cup engraving

• †The following members were engraved on the original Stanley Cup in 1949, but removed from the Stanley Cup when it was redone during 1957-58 season. Bill Ezinicki† (player-by mistake-played in the finals), Archie Campbell†, Ed Finkin†, Norman Delarue†, Horance MacIntyre†, James Murphy† (non players). There is room for 5 more names to be included on the cup.
• 20 Tod Sloan†† name was not included on the cup in 1949, but was included on the team picture. Sloan only played 29 games, and did not play in the playoffs. Sloan name was engraved on the cup in 1951, 1961.
• William A.H. MacBrien's last name was spelt wrong. W.A.H. MacBRIAN with an "E" instead of an "A". Mistake was corrected on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.

See also

• 1948–49 NHL season

References and notes

1. Dierberger, Tom (June 10, 2024). "Looking Back at Every Sweep in Stanley Cup Final History". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved January 19, 2025.

• Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup . Toronto: Total Sports Canada. ISBN   978-1-892129-07-9.
• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN   978-1-55168-261-7
• "All-Time NHL Results".

Preceded by Toronto Maple Leafs 1948	Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Champions 1949	Succeeded by Detroit Red Wings 1950